New look Chillchalet website

Just wanted to let people know that I have been slaving away like a crazy person working on our website adding new content. The biggest changes so far have been to the mountain biking pages. These include among other things a new guide to mountain biking in Les Arcs and a guide for beginners to mountain biking.

There is also a new jazzy section for skiing and snowboarding which has useful things like a piste map, guides to Les Arcs and La Plagne, and advice for those who are new to the snow.

I am currently adding pictures to make it look a bit more lively, so if anyone has any good pics let me know and I will include them. I’m also adding content to new pages for the summer on road cycling, motorbike touring, climbing and canoeing.

We are also currently designing a new logo for it which is very exciting because we have had the other one for 7 years!!

Chillchalet Summer

Well, what a season?  The lifts shut a week ago with an unprecedented amount of snow still sat on the mountain, and we had great conditions throughout April.

However, spring is here so it’s time to look forward to summer activities.  Lucy and I have decided to run the chalet ourselves this year and are very flexible about whether people want to stay self-catering, B&B or fully catered so just let us know what you’d prefer.

We are in the process of writing pages for the website with details of all the activities on offer in Bourg from May until October, and will let you know when they are online.  To give you a taster we will be catering for mountain biking, walking, fishing, motorbike touring, road cycling, white water rafting, canoeing, golf, tennis, horse riding, swimming, climbing and even skiing or snowboarding on the glacier.

We can arrange activities and transfers for you and have plenty of room for large families and stag and hen groups.  So if you fancy a different summer holiday this year get in touch.  There is so much to do, and if that all sounds too active, what about barbecues and sunbathing in our garden, or lounging around by the lake.

Other news.

We are planning a few changes to our service next winter, just a few things to make your trip with us that little bit more luxurious, such as including wine with dinner and afternoon tea. We are also giving the house in Bourg a complete facelift, turning the triple rooms into twins, providing more storage in all rooms, and jazzing up the bathrooms. We’ll have photos and video later in the year, but you can be sure that your trip to the new improved Chillchalet will be memorable!

Speaking of which, we are taking bookings for next winter already, so if you have any special dates in mind get in touch so you don’t miss out.

That’s it for now, we hope you had a nice bank holiday and we hope to see you soon in the Alps.

Love

Chris and Lucy x

PS - Mountain Bikers might be interested in a short film of the trails in Les Arcs at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4suVWaS9w

Whats up?

Hey all,

Over in Montchavin at the moment, riding fresh snow on the 15th April! What a finish to the season, incredible conditions, over the last few days we have had a couple of feet of fresh, mostly cloudy but looks a bit brighter today. Bring it on!

The Tour has been postponed until next Wednesday 23rd, loads going on, check back for more details.

Pics up later

The Tour

We are into the last few weeks of the season, but these few weeks are often the best, the missus and I are out there next week for a bit, organising “The Tour” which is a day out in Les Arcs, a bit like a car ralley, only on skis and snowboards. Teams of four race aorund Les Arcs doing silly tasks, visiting the far flung corners of the resort and generally ragging it around and seeing all there is to see. Then we tot up the scores, give away some Westbeach goodies and have a right old knees up!

More of a celebration of all things wintery and life in general than a competition, cant wait!

Loads of snow

Oh yes, snow in Bourg, loads on the mountain, amazing conditions. All good baby, all good. Check these pics out:

Come visit us, go to the website and email me. x

Oh my God!

Snow in Bourg, and lots of it, incredible conditions out in the Alps, check out the webcams here: http://www.trinum.com/ibox/FTPCam/LesCoches.jpg

More snow in Bourg

Just got this from Jemma:

Just thought you should know - should you wish to entice people over via the website…there’s about 50cm of snow outside my window…and it’s still falling!

bring it on!

Snow in Bourg

Woke up this morning to find a smattering of snow in Bourg and it looks like a lot on the mountain, we can hear the sound of the ski patrol bombing up there so it must be a lot!

Snowing hard tonight

After a reported 30cms last night, it continues to snow, looks like tomorrow is going to be sick!

Will get some pics up asap, amazing conditions.

More snow last night

Another amount last night adding to what is already great conditions, had a fun afternoon yesterday bombing around the pistes and hitting the jumps in the park, feels good to be back on a board.